diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
index 9346fffae4e9948a255ebde0ce0c445b02eb4074..663471c37a9e2a11b1286d3bcb591a1a5b96f137 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ build_linux:
     - docker
   before_script:
     - rm -fv ~/.condarc
-    - rm -rfv ~/.conda
   image: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-comp7
   cache:
     key: "linux-cache"
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
index 1a382ff1490af52082780ebac05b655ad17f2903..d1d7f9d05699c748850f49f06ec27d4626529e53 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ stages:
   image: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-comp7
   before_script:
     - rm -fv ~/.condarc
-    - rm -rfv ~/.conda
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
     - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel base
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh